Nonprofits Ask High Court To Clarify Limitations Period In FBI Surveillance Suits

( January 22, 2026, 1:33 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two amicus curiae briefs were filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the target of Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance warrants whose claims against the government were dismissed as time-barred, with the amici arguing that a ruling by the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the statute of limitations on a surveillance abuse lawsuit begins when surveillance is suspected essentially creates immunity for the government in such cases....